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...Christian Lacroix was born in the French village of Trinquetaille near Arles in 1951. He was interested in costume early on, but studied French literature and art history in Montpellier from 1969. He moved to Paris in 1973 and continued his...

...Stevie Stewart and David Holah met in 1979 on the first day of their fashion and textiles course at Middlesex Polytechnic (now Middlesex University). They went on to collaborate and founded their brand, Bodymap, upon graduation in 1982. Due...

...Comme des Garçons (CDG) was established by Rei Kawakubo in 1973, having already set up her own label in 1969. Kawakubo studied literature and philosophy at Keio University in Tokyo and her designs reflect the feminist ideology...

...Jean Paul Gaultier, born in Paris in 1952, spent much of his childhood with his grandmother, who ran a beauty parlor in her home. He crafted drawings of the women who visited and dressed them in imagined evening gowns. Through television...